Hi, all. We've got a user with the following question: "What I need is a
survey designed connected to a database so that my 5 mentors could have this
survey on an IPAQ, use it offline while they are observing teachers in
classrooms and then cradle them when they get back to the office and upload
the information."
Do you know a very, very rough estimate for how long it would take to build
such an app in ColdFusion? Please forgive the sketchy specs, but that's all
we've got from the user and she wants an estimate....

Mobile device app -- need an estimated dev time

Hi, all. We've got a user with the following question: "What I need is a
survey designed connected to a database so that my 5 mentors could have this
survey on an IPAQ, use it offline while they are observing teachers in
classrooms and then cradle them when they get back to the office and upload
the information."

Do you know a very, very rough estimate for how long it would take to build
such an app in ColdFusion? Please forgive the sketchy specs, but that's all
we've got from the user and she wants an estimate.

Re: Mobile device app -- need an estimated dev time

In order to use it offline, you're either going to need to install Coldfusion
on the iPaq or write a client-side app that will capture the data.

You can't build the whole app in Coldfusion, as you can't install Coldfusion
on the IPaq. You could build the backend that the ipaqs sync to in coldfusion,
but you're going to need a local app on the ipaq to actually collect the
information, then that app will need to have the logic to connect to the
backend and send the info once connected.